Flour-chest



QFFICE.

ISAAC R. SHANK, OF BUFFALO, VIRGINIA.

FLOUR-GI-IEST.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,319-, dated July 24:, 1860.

To all whom "it may concern.

Be it known that I, ISAAC R. SHANK, of Buffalo, in the county of Putnamand State of Virginia, have invented a new and Improvedv CombinedFlour-Chest and Biscuit- Board; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a. full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l represents a longitudinal verticalsection taken through the middle of my chest and biscuit board, showingthe two compartments and the arrangement of the board on top of thesame, and under the chest cover. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectiontaken through the chest, showing the longitudinal bars upon which thebiscuit board rests.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

This invention is an improvement in the combined biscuit board andchest, for which Letters Patent were granted to me the 26th day of July,1859; and in this improvement I have made the parts much more simple andless expensive, while the same ends are attained asin my present patent.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand my invention Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the drawings, A represents a quadrangular box or chest which may bemade of any suitable size or capacity, having a cover B, which is hingedto one side on top, and tits down on the chest closely.

B is a front board secured to the edge of the cover B, which closes aspace in the front of the chest between the edge of the chest and thecover B, as shown by Fig. 2, of the drawing'.

This chest stands on four feet and is divided into two apartments by acentral partition C, the top edge of which is beveled off so as topresent a sharp edge, as shown by a, Fig. l.

D, D are two longitudinal bars which extend from end to end of thechest, with their top edges on a plane with the edge of the partition C,and beveled off as shown by Fig. 2; these bars D, D, are set somedistance from the front and back sides of the chest.

The cover B, is prevented from falling back when opened by a bracket E,and from shutting down by a prop stick F.

Gr, G are perforated plates which are let into t-he ends of the chestjust under the cover B, for admitting fresh air into the top part of thechest.

H, H are boards which rest on the edges of the bars D, D, and partitionC, and when placed in the chest properly their surface is flush with theedge of the front side of the chest. The board H, is the biscuit boardand this extends from one end of the chest over the partition, somedistance. The board or strip H, fits snugly in place, and is providedwith a knob c, by which it may be lifted up for obtaining access to thecompartment below. The biscuit board is intended to remain in the chest,and moved from one end to the other of the chest, while the spaces ofeither side are to be closed by the secondary board H, which is made tofit equally well either end of the chest. The edges of the boards arebeveled inward so as to tit closely and prevent flour, etc., fromclogging up the parts and causing them to work hard.

The beveling of the edges of the partition and bars D, I), as beforedescribed, will not Aallow flour to lodge on these edges and prevent theboards from fitting down closely.

The employment of board H, with its handle c, will allow the personworking at the chest to obtain access to either apartment by removingthis board and sliding the biscuit board to either one side or to theother and by this simple means the levers and thumb pins used in mypatented invention may be dispensed with, and, at the same time, obtainthe desired ends.

Having` thus described my invention what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement as shown and described of the biscuit board H, movableboard H, angular supports D, ventilators G, partition C, box A, andhinged top B.

ISAAC R. SHANK.

I'Vitnesses G. S. HABE, J. E. PITRAY.

